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Historian Melvyn Leffler talked about George W. Bush, American foreign policy, and the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War with Martin DiCaro, host of the Washington Times “History As It…

Three former Vietnam War POWs appeared before a gathering of U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen to talk about their ordeal a half-century ago. The last of the American POWs returned from Vietnam…

A new Wall of Remembrance was dedicated at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Inscribed on the wall are the names of more than 36,000 Americans and over 7,100 Koreans who…

This 1985 Department of Defense film shared the oral histories of Army and Navy nurse POWs captured after the fall of Bataan and Corregidor in World War II. Reel America is an American…

Lynn University Professor Robert Watson discussed the Confederacy’s infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, site of the largest jail break of the Civil War. The Andersonville National…

100 year-old World War II veteran John “Lucky” Luckadoo, discussed his time as a bomber pilot in the 8th Air Force, when he flew 25 combat missions over France and Germany. This event took…

Dartmouth College history professor Matthew Delmont discussed his book, Half American, which tells the story of African American soldiers during World War II and how they were treated when…

Mount Marty University Professor Richard Lofthus taught a class about World War I by examining the correspondence of American Army Private John Warns, a farmer from a German-American family…

Aquinas College professor John Pinheiro taught a class about the Mexican-American War during the late 1840s. Professor Pinheiro is the author of Manifest Ambition: James K. Polk and…

Missouri Southern State University professor Megan Bever talked about the temperance movement and alcohol use by soldiers during the Civil War. This virtual program was hosted by the Center…

Martin DiCaro, host of the Washington Times “History As It Happens” podcast, talked to Catholic University professor Michael Kimmage about NATO expansion in Eastern Europe, the rise of…

Historian Garry Adelman used stories and Civil War photography to talk about the ways people experienced the war depending on where they were and how they traveled. The Virginia Center for…

This animated Navy Department Training Film produced in 1955 showed naval battles of the War of 1812. Reel America is an American History TV series comprised of archival films from…

Author Ricardo Herrera examined the Continental Army’s leadership through a major foraging operation undertaken in the Revolutionary War during the Valley Forge winter of 1778. George…

Historian Jason Steinhauer discussed how history is interpreted and how the Internet has contributed not only to what is known about the past, but also how it is misunderstood.

The Richard Nixon Foundation in Yorba Linda, California, hosted a virtual discussion on the 50th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords, which were signed on January 27, 1973, in an effort…

Author Andrew Diemer discussed William Still, who dedicated his life to managing a critical section of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia. This event was co-hosted by the Library…

Historian Ted Widmer traced Abraham Lincoln’s trip to Washington through a divided country before his first inauguration in 1861. The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech…

National Nordic Museum Executive Director and CEO Eric Nelson talked about the museum’s work, collections and exhibits in Seattle, Washington. A 2019 Act of Congress designated it a…

Marc Selverstone talked about his research into President Kennedy’s Vietnam War policies, which is partly based on previously secret White House recordings, and his conclusion that JFK was…